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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +2347030952606
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • dmo@national-champs.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SEN PRESIDENT <dbmark14@hotmail.co.uk>
Reply-To: <dbm1970@army.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2007 20:51:19 +0000
Subject: RE: 2007 PAYMENT NOTICE.




OFFICE OF THE SENATE PRESIDENT.

Debts Management Office
FCT-Abuja, Nigeria
Tel: +234-70-30952606. Code: 0910
E-mail: DMO@National-Champs.com

Re: 2007 FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE- FGN/ CP0325/07.

“I write with reference to my earlier letter Ref. No. FGN/ CP0325/07, on above subject and wish to draw your attention to H.E Umaru Musa Yar'Dua’s directive to clear all outstanding Payments since 1995-2007, in regards to his meeting with the United Nations, Commonwealth and Embassies has agreed to Release Contract Payments, Inheritance and Lottery claims to save our dear country from further embarrassments. I have enlisted your name for this payment as one of the Beneficiaries to be compensated only with USD21,070,000.00 (Twenty-One Million, Seventy Thousand United States Dollars)from the 2007 Suplimentery budget from Excess Crude Allocation, get back to me as soon as possible for the immediate and uninterrupted payments in your favour. The decision of the President is the climax of a complain battle between the Ministries, Banks and some of the Beneficiaries who made strenous efforts to retain their titles.You are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to anybody for any reason whatsoever as to avoid misdirection and fund diversion. So keep it secret till you secure your funds.

Lastly, I will assist you if you will promise to return to me just 20% of the approved sums thereafter, From the State of things, I have find out that you cannot sponsor your charges as regards your Approved funds in Nigeria due to the Financial commitments, Bureaucratic process and overdue Delay in the past, I have decided to assist you through a financier who you will be paying double of what he give to us when you recive your funds, I will sign garrantor for you, so confirm your Company Account as funds will be transferred by wire Transfer within 72hrs of receipt.

I beleive this will be okey by you. Expecting your urgent reply.



M/S STELLA BALOGUN.
P.A to the Senate President.


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